Vice President Kamala Harris Reveals the Motto That Guides Her Life—and Work

Vice President Kamala Harris has never been afraid to speak her mind—and we're all the better for it.

First as San Francisco's District Attorney and California's Attorney General, then as her home state's senator, and now as the VP alongside Joe Biden, Harris has made her case on the biggest challenges facing our country ("There is no vaccine for racism," she said during her speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention), the most pressing legislative issues (including immigration, voting, and maternal health care), the importance of having women in leadership positions (she credits her mom with raising her and her sister to be strong Black women), the beauty of her blended family, (she is the stepmom—or "momala"—to her husband's two kids), and the right way to make potato curry. Not to mention how to correctly pronounce her name (it's comma-la, for the record).

As the history-making politician—she's the first Black woman and first Asian American vice president—begins the next chapter, we've rounded up some of her most notable, thought-provoking, and inspiring quotes.